Nose-guard for eyeglasses.



L. P. ADT.

NOSE GUARD FOR EYEGLASSES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 24, 1906. 1,003,685.

. Patented Sept. 19, 1911 WE memes flawewkn To all whom it may camera:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LED '1 ADT, or ALBANY, NEW YORK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' NOSE-GUARD non EYEGLASSES.

Patented Sept-{19, .1911.

Application filed March 24, 1906. -Seria1 No. 397,775.

Befitl'knorwn that=I, L'no F. Ann of Al- ?ny, infthe' county of Albany and State of (SW useful "Improvements in "Nose-Guards for Eyeglasses rand-I do hereby declare the following to be a: full, clear, and exact description of the same, 'reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andto the reference-numerals marked thereon.

My present invention "relates to improvements n eyeglasses, and the object of the in- -vention is to provide improved nose-guards thatare so'constr'ucted and attached to the :mounting'as will enable them always to adjust or ada theshape-o' the wearers nose, so that the necessitylofi previously bending and twisting the'guards-in order to fit them to the nose is obviated.

' To-these an'dother ends the invention con In the drawings:

sists in "certain improvements and combinations of parts, all 'as'rwill be'hereinafter more; fully explained, the novel features beingpointed out in the claims at the end of the. specification. j

Figure 1 is a perspective view ofa pair of eyeglasses having nose guards constructed in accordance with my invention, one of the lenses being omitted. Fig. '2 is a perspective .viewof the nose-guard removed. from the mounting. Figs. 3 and'4 are perspective-views showing the nose-engagin portion, and the attaching arm separate y. "Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of one of theno'se guardsshown in Fig. 1, the fulland dotted lines indicating the range of movement of the guard in a vertical plane. Figs. 6 and 7 are top plan views of the guard, showing the angle of adjustment thereof in substantially ahorizontal plane. Fig-*8 is-a perspective view of the nose-engaging portion of the guard applied to' a separately.

Similar reference numerals in the several figures indicate similar. parts.

The nose guards shown in the present embodiments of my invention are self-adjusting'in two directions in order that they may "accommodate themselves to the horizontal-angle or tapertoward the-front of the nose, as well as the vertical slant or angle York,'ha .veinvented certain new and t themselves automatically to I -transverse slots-8 and 9 "formed-by thesides of the nose, and referring particularly-to the form shown in "Figs: 1 to 7 inclusive, 1 designates the bridge ing secured by suitable means to the lenses, *one'of the lenses 5 being shown in Fig. 1.

The nose guards embodying-myinvention each comprise an' attaching arm 6; having in the forms shownan upturned attaching lug 7 adapted tobe secured to the attaching device by the screw 4,41. portion of the guardattaching arm being provided, in the forms shown in Figs. 1-7 incl usive,-with apair of having a strip of the material lOseparating them. The nose engaging portion of the guards herein shown is of simple form, comprising a body portion having upper and lower noseengaging pads or surfaces-11 and 12 approximately conforming to'the surface at the side of the average nose,and* the intermediate or connecting portion of the guard ispreferably narrowed and provided withfl a pair of 'arms'13 and 14 extending preferably in rear of the nose-engaging portion of: the guard, these arms:13 '1.I1Cl 14 being adapted to rest 'in the slots 8 and 9 respectively of the attach-ing arm and arranged to embrace the stripof material 10. These arms are preferably formed of fiat material and stamped in one piiece with the nose-ent.

gaging portion of e'guard, and are of sufficient width and fit closely against the ends of the respective slots 8 and 9 as will prevent a relatively forward and rearward tilting motion of the guard, so that the angle ofrearward inclination of the guards will remain constant when once adjusted to'conform to the rearward slant of the nose. However, those portions of the arms 13 and 14 resting in rear of the portion 10 are sufiiciently loose-to permit a rocking movementof the nose-engaging portion on. an axis transverse to the plane of the lenses, as illustrated inFig. 5, so that when the guard is brought into engagement with the nose, it will automatically adjust itsel-ftothe vertical angle of the side of the nose, while the space between the ends of the arms 13 and 14 and the rear surface of the nose-engaging port-ion of the guard provides a loose fit between them and theportion 10 of. the attaching arm that will permit a.

' so that an even or uniform pressure is pro- ,arms of different.

a rearwardlyextending portion 16, the latter having theupwardly and downwardly-turned arms 17 and 18 proceeding from its opposite edges and adapted to enter the space between the arms 13 and 14: and the rear side ofthe nose-engaging portion, the sides of the arms of the guard-attaching arm and of the noseengaging portion fitting sutliciently loose to,

permit 1 e latter a rocking movement to enable it o accommodate itself to the more or less irregular surface at the side of the nose, while the edges of the material composing the arms of one part fit sufficiently close to the bends in the cooperating arms of the other part as will prevent a swinging movement of the guards in a plane trans versely of the lenses, and consequently the angle of rearward inclination of the guards will be preserved.

Nose guards constructed in accordance with my present invention do notrequire the usual operation of bending and twistmg by the opticlan in order that they may conform to the nose of each individual, as

the nose-engaging portions of the pads ceive the pressure at intermediate points and adjust themselves to the different angles and to the irregular surfaces of different noses,

duced on the nose throughout the surface engaged by the guards, thereby avoiding undue pinching, and insuring a firm hold of the eyeglasses on the nose, without requiring a special adjustment of the guards for each individual.

Guards embodying my invention are particularly etlicient when employed in connection with eyeglasses having a spring bridge, the action of which produces pressure on the guards for holding them against the nose, and the particular embodiment-s shown illustrate the guards as used in such connection, but it will be understood that nose guards embodying my invention may beused to advantage on spectacles, or

eyeglasses having rigid bridges wherein the requisite pressure for holding the guards against the wearers nose is supplied by separate springs or from othersources.

The specific forms ofthe invention shown are also punched and formed from sheet material and consequently are easily and apted to the lensmosses cheaply manufactured, but it will be understood that the invention is not limited to these specific embodiments, and that the guard-attaching arms may be appropriately formed to enable them to be attached to mountings of different styles. I claim as my nvention:

1. An eyeglass guard comprising a rear- 'wardly extending supporting arm provided with a bearing portion embodying substantially parallel opposite edges and a'nose engaging portion extending above and below the rearwardly extending arm and having a pair of spaced arms provided with substantially parallel faces extended around and loosely engaging said edges to rock to limited extent longitudinally thereof and to also permit the nose engaging portion to turn to a limited extent laterally about the same.

2. An eyeglass guard comprising a rearwardly extending suporting arm provided with a flat bearing portion embodying substantially parallel opposite edges, and a nose engaging portion composed of sheet material extending above and below the arm and having a pair of spaced substantially parallel fiat arms extended around said edges to rock to a limited extent longitudinally thereof and to also turn to a limited extent laterally about the same, the extremities of the arms being turned against one face of the flat bearing portion, while the nose engaging portion rides loosely against the opposite face. 1

3. An eyeglass guard comprising a rearwardly extending supporting arm provided with a fiat bearing portion embodying sub stantially parallel opposite edges terminating in limiting shoulders and a nose engaging portion composed of sheet material extending above and below the arm and hai mg a pair of spaced substantially parallel fiat arms extended around said edges between the shoulders to rock to a limited extent longitudinally thereof and to alsoturn to a limited extent -laterally about the same,

the extremities of the arms being turned against one face of-the fiat bearingportion while the nose engaging portion rides loosely against the opposite face.

4. In eyeglasses, the combination with the lenses, and a bridge connected to them, of nose guards each embodying a substantially vertically-extending nose-engaging portion having a pair of flat arms extending sub parallelism from its lateral,

,stantially in edges and doubled behind the said portion, and a rearwardly-extending attaching arm having a vertically-disposed bearing portion having substantially parallel opposite edges loosely resting between and against the doubled portion of the said arms on the one side and the body of the nose-engaging portion on the other.

5. In eyeglasses, the combination with the movementof the gilard, the'ends of the slots 10 lenses, and a bridge connected to them, of cooperating with-the edges of the armsto nose guards each emhodyinganose-engaging prevent relative forward and rearward portion having a pair of connecting arms, movement of the nose-engaging portions 5 and an attaching arm having slots therein to with respect to the lenses.

loosely receive the arms of the nose-engag- LEO F. ADT. ing portion, a strip of material between the 1171198888: slots serving to hold the nose-engaging por- F. F. CHURCH,

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